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FoFA amendments will reduce quality of advice: lawyer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... best interest. If the proposed amendments are considered fundamentally to undermine the original legislation, as Arnold Block Leibler's advice suggests, then they would need to be approved by parliament.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street after a survey showed that US manufacturing had expanded at the fastest pace in almost four years. At 0845 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was ...

AMP restructure to lead to job cuts

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
Some jobs may be on the chopping block at AMP as a result of chief executive Craig Meller's restructure of the business which began last year and continued today with the announcement of key leadership appointments. "As we move towards a more efficient ...

China's still going but will it go slow-er?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Australian stocks have started the week on a flat note, despite mining stocks receiving a boost from positive Chinese economic data. Commsec market analyst Stephen Daghlian said the local market had little in the way of a lead from Wall Street, where ...

Infrastructure key in battle against SMSF exodus

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... infrastructure announced by the government on 13 November will hopefully act as a catalyst to bring up the issue. Another stumbling block is around privatisation. While the privatisation of assets such as ports (e.g. Port Botany, which IFM Investors ...

ASIC acted only when claims hit "tsunami level"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
A former employee of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has condemned the fact that the regulator acted only when the volume of complaints "reached tsunami level." In a submission to the Senate inquiry on ASIC's performance ...

Obama says no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013

NAB delays staff salary increases

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
While ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have recently agreed to improve employees' working conditions, National Australia Bank's (NAB's) answer to the Financial Services Union (FSU) demands was "mean and disappointing." The FSU said that NAB offered ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... He's made good on one of his key promises. It's a win for Tony should the Greens and the independents vote with Labor to block the scrapping of the taxes on carbon and mining. It's their fault, not Tony's. And oh...this would also help Prime Minister ...